We arrived in CA on New Year’s Day to begin 2 weeks of provisioning and outfitting the boat. We were scheduled to depart for Mexico on Thursday, Jan 14 at 4:00 pm. During the first 2 weeks we worked 13-14 hours each day shopping for everyth…
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Vigo to Leixos (Porto)
2nd January 2010
After an exploratory trip to the mouth of the estuary to assess the conditions we concluded that we would make for Porto – an estimated 10 hours away.
Estimates, we are finding, can be very inaccurate. Contrary to the forecast …
La Coruna to Vigo
28th December 2009
We had an opportunity to catch our breath for a day anyway. Stocked up on some fresh produce we returned the hospitality and had “Aussie” Richard to visit for roast duck and plum pudding. I suppose he was glad of the…
Scandinavia
2009 saw the Segue take a trip to Scandinavia. The plan for the trip was hatched more than a year ago when we found out that our grandson Quinn was to play hockey in both Sweden and Finland. Since the Baltic had been on the ‘To Do’ list, we decided t…
TISCH TRAVEL REPORT – CAPTAIN’S LOG 2010 www.TischTravels.com
12/22/2009
Christmas is fast approaching, and so is our move to Odyssey and the beginning of a new chapter of our lives together. We plan to spend alternately three months on the boat and then three months in Ann Arbor. Our goal is to bec…
TISCH TRAVEL REPORT – CAPTAIN’S LOG 2010 www.TischTravels.com
12/22/2009
Christmas is fast approaching, and so is our move to Odyssey and the beginning of a new chapter of our lives together. We plan to spend alternately three months on the boat and then three months in Ann Arbor. Our goal is to bec…
GSSR Recap
Introduction:
Please allow me to introduce you to three power boats that are
voyaging around the world. They are all Nordhavn long distance
expedition trawlers – Grey Pearl 62 feet long, Sans Souci 68 feet
long, and Seabird 62 feet long. Th…
GSSR Recap
Introduction:
Please allow me to introduce you to three power boats that are
voyaging around the world. They are all Nordhavn long distance
expedition trawlers – Grey Pearl 62 feet long, Sans Souci 68 feet
long, and Seabird 62 feet long. Th…
Guernsey to La Coruna
St Peter Port certainly proved well fixed for interesting little restaurants and pubs and we managed to sample a fair selection. However, much as we were enjoying our time in Guernsey, we were keen to be heading South and to some warmer weather.&…
Hamble Point Marina -> Channel Islands
At 03:45 on a crisp late October morning we finally slipped the lines and motored Mad Sunday through the silky pond that was Southampton Water. We crossed the normally motorway-busy channel of the Solent, almost entirely alone, on calm waters. We g…
